Answer:
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We have spotted BUT (3 Letters) a total of 171 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with BUT and also when and where was it last seen:

Definition

• Except with; unless with; without.
• Except; besides; save.
• Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
• Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
• Only; solely; merely.
• On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
• The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
• A limit; a boundary.
• The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
• See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
• A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
• The thicker end of anything. See But.
• A mark to be shot at; a target.
• A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
• A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
• A thrust in fencing.
• A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
• A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
• The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
• The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
• The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
• A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
• The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
• The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Referring crossword puzzle clues

Usage among publishers:

  • Universal: Aug 16, 2024
  • Universal: Aug 4, 2024
  • Wall Street Journal: Jul 24, 2024
  • LA Times: Jun 28, 2024
  • Universal: Jun 4, 2024
  • USA Today: Jan 8, 2024
  • USA Today: Jan 3, 2024
  • New York Times: Dec 29, 2023
  • New York Times: Dec 17, 2023
  • Newsday: Dec 10, 2023
  • Newsday: Oct 25, 2023
  • LA Times: Sep 4, 2023
  • New York Times: Jul 11, 2023
  • LA Times: Jul 10, 2023
  • Eugene Sheffer: Jun 6, 2023
  • LA Times: Jun 4, 2023